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Express Politics8 Apr 2026

POLL: Should four-day working weeks be banned?

Shadow Local Government Secretary Sir James Cleverly said taxpayers "should not be paying full rates for part-time services".

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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026

Keir Starmer welcomes Iran war ceasefire as he heads to Gulf to meet regional leaders – UK politics live

PM to meet partners in region to discuss effort to ‘support and sustain ceasefire’ and reopening the strait of Hormuz Sarah Jones, the policing minister, has been giving interviews. She has been talking about Keir Starmer’s visit to the Gulf, but hasn’t said anything that really adds to the (rather limited) information about the visit put out by Downing Street. Jones told Times Radio: [Starmer] is going to the Gulf for a number of reasons. Firstly you will have seen last week with the foreign se

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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026

Keir Starmer heads to Gulf after US and Iran agree two-week ceasefire

PM to meet regional leaders to discuss effort to ‘support and sustain ceasefire’ and reopening the strait of Hormuz Middle East crisis – live updates Keir Starmer is travelling to the Gulf to meet leaders in the region to discuss diplomatic efforts to support the ceasefire agreed between the US and Iran. The prime minister’s visit on Wednesday comes hours after a two-week ceasefire was agreed on Tuesday evening, canceling a self-imposed deadline by the US president, Donald Trump, for Iran to s

Guido Fawkes8 Apr 2026

Starmer Heads to the Gulf After Iran Ceasefire

Starmer is heading to the gulf for a (pre-planned) trip today after the announcement overnight of a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran. He says: “I welcome the ceasefire agreement reached overnight, which will bring a moment of relief to the region and the world. Together with our partners we must do all we…

BBC Politics8 Apr 2026

Starmer to visit Middle East after US and Iran reach ceasefire deal

The Prime Minister welcomed the ceasefire deal and said the UK would do "all we can to support and sustain this ceasefire".

Conservative Home8 Apr 2026

Our Survey: Conservatives realistic but more optimistic about May’s elections

The word from many of the more senior Conservative Party officials campaigning across the country is that in some areas the loses could be pretty bad, but in others - London gets mentioned a lot - there could be brighter news. The post Our Survey: Conservatives realistic but more optimistic about May’s elections appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics8 Apr 2026

My city's a sleazy shadow of its former self thanks to Greens – don't make same mistake

OPINION - JULIE BURCHILL: Unless you've got municipal Munchausen's syndrome and want to ruin where you live, don't vote Green in next month's local elections

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Express Politics8 Apr 2026

British churches hit by 10 crimes a day - crooks treat them as 'easy targets'

British churches are being hit by 10 crimes a day including arson, theft and vandalism, with campaigners warning crooks treat them as 'easy targets'.

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Conservative Home8 Apr 2026

John Redwood: Labour is sorely mistaken if they think Starmer is ‘having a good war’

The Prime Minister tries to portray an image of calm, but to many of us it looks like ignorant inaction, fearing the reality of energy and food shortages and higher prices. The post John Redwood: Labour is sorely mistaken if they think Starmer is ‘having a good war’ appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home8 Apr 2026

Miriam Cates: Time’s up for the triple lock but there’s little hope of pension reform from the Right

The pensions triple lock is a policy that everyone in Westminster knows is unaffordable. The delusion is so potent that it has led some to claim that those calling for pension spending restraint are ‘far left’. We really are flying upside down. The post Miriam Cates: Time’s up for the triple lock but there’s little hope of pension reform from the Right appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home8 Apr 2026

Callum Murphy and Luke Robert Black: From Canary Wharf and Canning Town – what younger urban voters are really telling Conservatives

Many younger urban voters already share core Conservative instincts: belief in aspiration, enterprise, and a desire for a fair link between effort and reward. What was missing was a clear, modern offer that connects those instincts to their lives. That gap is now closing. The post Callum Murphy and Luke Robert Black: From Canary Wharf and Canning Town – what younger urban voters are really telling Conservatives appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics8 Apr 2026

Treat jailed drug dealers like radical extremists, says prisons watchdog

Charlie Taylor, inspector of prisons for England and Wales, says dealers should be isolated and ‘assertively managed’ Jailed criminals who are flooding prisons with drugs should be isolated like radical extremists and “assertively managed”, the England and Wales prisons watchdog has said. Charlie Taylor, HM inspector of prisons, said major dealers were living “consequence-free” in jail when they should be separated from the majority of inmates, subjected to regular searches for phones, and punis

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